Official Great Works Draft (2 Viewers)

[ScottNorwood]

I heard a rumor that Uncle Humuna isn't really an uncle

 

[krista4]

Skipped23.05 - Doug B (requested skip)24.16 - Doug B (autoskip tonight)25.05 - Doug B (autoskip)25.08 - Tides of War (autoskip today)25.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)26.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)26.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)26.11 - Thatguy - OTC until :2426.12 - Wikkidpissah - On Deck26.13 - Tides of War (autoskip today)26.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - In The Hole26.15 - Abrantes26.16 - Doug B (autoskip today)26.17 - Timscochet26.18 - Postradamus (autoskip if not here in first 15)26.19 - Rodg26.20 - Krista

wikkid up?

 

[Abrantes]

25.11 Movie, The Rules of the Game- Jean Renoir (1939)

Tremendous pick. Renoir really doesn't get as much love as he should. Sharp, funny, brilliantly shot. Don't be afraid of the black & white, peeps. This is great stuff.Deserves a write-up.

Getting there... wanted to drop it first.Thanks for affirmation...

was looking at 4 other films here- actually wasn't even looking at this since I assumed it was taken long ago. Now I'm forced to kind of change the thematic plan I had for the movie category... hadn't planned on including a study in manners and am wondering what I'm going to have to nix (if any of them last long enough for me to nix)

Just as I had settled on my 20-pointers, you go and pick this. :(

I have ranked and reranked the plays and it does no good. Probably best to wait until it's all over.I haven't seen this film, but not a particular fan of this director. I realize that's considered heresy.

Don't say #### like that, Tim. People can hear you.

 

[wikkidpissah]

with all these black & white eurotrash movies & folks seemin to think that, the older the song, the higher it'll rank or summin, i feel it to be my duty (and, when i have a duty to do, i like to walk up to it, look it straight in the eye & say "Howdy, duty") to remind us that it's just as good to kick some ### as slap it by taking the most perfectly conceived & executed rock song of all time. apologies to the rock gods of my era, but it aint even close. HOOUH!!

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I heard a rumor that Uncle Humuna isn't really an uncle

Don't talk with your mouth full Scotty Dear.xoxox

GAH

 

[Uncle Humuna]

 

[krista4]

Skipped

23.05 - Doug B (requested skip)

24.16 - Doug B (autoskip tonight)

25.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

25.08 - Tides of War (autoskip today)

25.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)

26.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)

26.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

26.11 - Thatguy (timed out)

26.13 - Tides of War (autoskip today)

26.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - OTC until :39

26.15 - Abrantes

26.16 - Doug B (autoskip today)

26.17 - Timscochet

26.18 - Postradamus (autoskip if not here in first 15)

26.19 - Rodg

26.20 - Krista

 

[wikkidpissah]

I heard a rumor that Uncle Humuna isn't really an uncle

Don't talk with your mouth full Scotty Dear.xoxox

GAH

please Hummus dont hurt him....

 

[thatguy]

For you Krista, put me on autoskip until further notice. I'll make up my skipped pick a little later when I get some time.

 

[krista4]

Skipped23.05 - Doug B (requested skip)24.16 - Doug B (autoskip tonight)25.05 - Doug B (autoskip)25.08 - Tides of War (autoskip today)25.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)26.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)26.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)26.11 - Thatguy (timed out)26.13 - Tides of War (autoskip today)26.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - OTC until :3926.15 - Abrantes26.16 - Doug B (autoskip today)26.17 - Timscochet26.18 - Postradamus (autoskip if not here in first 15)26.19 - Rodg26.20 - Krista

Wait, does the clock go off at 7 EDT? If so, I guess we're off the clock, with Team Bobbysack up.

 

[Abrantes]

Skipped23.05 - Doug B (requested skip)24.16 - Doug B (autoskip tonight)25.05 - Doug B (autoskip)25.08 - Tides of War (autoskip today)25.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)26.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not here in first 5)26.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)26.11 - Thatguy (timed out)26.13 - Tides of War (autoskip today)26.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - OTC until :3926.15 - Abrantes26.16 - Doug B (autoskip today)26.17 - Timscochet26.18 - Postradamus (autoskip if not here in first 15)26.19 - Rodg26.20 - Krista

Wait, does the clock go off at 7 EDT? If so, I guess we're off the clock, with Team Bobbysack up.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'm going to reuse a pick from a previous draft.

I select a song that I consider to be just perfect in every way. I can't link from work, so can somebody please help a drafter out.

26.09 - Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Song

I've been whistling Bobby Timmon's awesome licks since first seeing this post.Thank you!

There's a great version of this somewhere out there from the 80's.

AB & TJM - line-up with Wynton Marsalis

Sped up and kick-###.

Will have to see if I can find it . . .

eta -> also a great version of Ray Charles doin' it on the Hammond. Awesome.

 

[rodg12]

Song my HS football team came out to. Grew up in a small town. Field was down in a valley, cornfields on one end zone and along one sideline, wooded creek area along the other end zone (FG and XP either went into a cornfield or a creek). Our Jungle. Man do I miss playing there.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'm going to reuse a pick from a previous draft.

I select a song that I consider to be just perfect in every way. I can't link from work, so can somebody please help a drafter out.

26.09 - Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Song

I've been whistling Bobby Timmon's awesome licks since first seeing this post.Thank you!

There's a great version of this somewhere out there from the 80's.

AB & TJM - line-up with Wynton Marsalis

Sped up and kick-###.

Will have to see if I can find it . . .

eta -> also a great version of Ray Charles doin' it on the Hammond. Awesome.

Found it: Moanin' w/Wynton Marsalis.

 

[flysack]

If we're off the clock, I'd prefer to wait and see if Bobby pops in later.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'm going to reuse a pick from a previous draft.

I select a song that I consider to be just perfect in every way. I can't link from work, so can somebody please help a drafter out.

26.09 - Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Song

I've been whistling Bobby Timmon's awesome licks since first seeing this post.Thank you!

There's a great version of this somewhere out there from the 80's.

AB & TJM - line-up with Wynton Marsalis

Sped up and kick-###.

Will have to see if I can find it . . .

eta -> also a great version of Ray Charles doin' it on the Hammond. Awesome.

Found it: Moanin' w/Wynton Marsalis.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

I'm going to reuse a pick from a previous draft.

I select a song that I consider to be just perfect in every way. I can't link from work, so can somebody please help a drafter out.

26.09 - Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Song

I've been whistling Bobby Timmon's awesome licks since first seeing this post.Thank you!

There's a great version of this somewhere out there from the 80's.

AB & TJM - line-up with Wynton Marsalis

Sped up and kick-###.

Will have to see if I can find it . . .

eta -> also a great version of Ray Charles doin' it on the Hammond. Awesome.

Found it: Moanin' w/Wynton Marsalis.

Forgot about probably the best one: Jimmy Smith in Japan

 

[Fennis]

Give me an effin break. Jesus people, relax.

 

[Tirnan]

make up picks

25.19 SPORTS RECORD Sir Donald Bradman Lifetime batting average of 99.94 in Cricket

This is so far outside the statistical norms, that he may be the greatest career athlete ever in a single sport. Its not a popular sport here so I expect to get down ranked, but this may be the best sports record in existence, because it is so dang unlikely to ever be topped.

Hands down the greatest sports record in any sport is the 99.94 lifetime batting average posted by Sir Donald Bradman in Test Cricket (which is why it was overlooked by this American panel of experts) between 1928 and 1948. The second place batting average (clustered along with rest of the field) stands at 60.97.

In absolute terms Bradman’s record standard at 4.4 standard deviations above the mean. He tops [someguy with a soccer ball} in this metric who’s record for goal’s per game is only 3.7 standard deviations above the mean, {guy with a stick} Batting average at 3.6, {lazy guy who enjoys walks on trimmed grass} Major golf titles at 3.5 and {some other guy with a pumpkin} in Points per game at 3.4.

In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0 points per game over a 20 year span.

working on my next make up pick.

 

[Abrantes]

make up picks

25.19 SPORTS RECORD Sir Donald Bradman Lifetime batting average of 99.94 in Cricket

This is so far outside the statistical norms, that he may be the greatest career athlete ever in a single sport. Its not a popular sport here so I expect to get down ranked, but this may be the best sports record in existence, because it is so dang unlikely to ever be topped.

Hands down the greatest sports record in any sport is the 99.94 lifetime batting average posted by Sir Donald Bradman in Test Cricket (which is why it was overlooked by this American panel of experts) between 1928 and 1948. The second place batting average (clustered along with rest of the field) stands at 60.97.

In absolute terms Bradman’s record standard at 4.4 standard deviations above the mean. He tops [someguy with a soccer ball} in this metric who’s record for goal’s per game is only 3.7 standard deviations above the mean, {guy with a stick} Batting average at 3.6, {lazy guy who enjoys walks on trimmed grass} Major golf titles at 3.5 and {some other guy with a pumpkin} in Points per game at 3.4.

In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0 points per game over a 20 year span.

But it's cricket.

 

[wikkidpissah]

60.12 MOST DRAFT THREADS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC FORUM WHERE THERE WAS A CRICKET SELECTION - 2 (2009), FFA - Sports Record

 

[El Floppo]

make up picks

25.19 SPORTS RECORD Sir Donald Bradman Lifetime batting average of 99.94 in Cricket

This is so far outside the statistical norms, that he may be the greatest career athlete ever in a single sport. Its not a popular sport here so I expect to get down ranked, but this may be the best sports record in existence, because it is so dang unlikely to ever be topped.

Hands down the greatest sports record in any sport is the 99.94 lifetime batting average posted by Sir Donald Bradman in Test Cricket (which is why it was overlooked by this American panel of experts) between 1928 and 1948. The second place batting average (clustered along with rest of the field) stands at 60.97.

In absolute terms Bradman’s record standard at 4.4 standard deviations above the mean. He tops [someguy with a soccer ball} in this metric who’s record for goal’s per game is only 3.7 standard deviations above the mean, {guy with a stick} Batting average at 3.6, {lazy guy who enjoys walks on trimmed grass} Major golf titles at 3.5 and {some other guy with a pumpkin} in Points per game at 3.4.

In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0 points per game over a 20 year span.

working on my next make up pick.

dude averaged a century?whoa. seriously. whoa. (seriously).

 

[Tirnan]

60.12 MOST DRAFT THREADS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC FORUM WHERE THERE WAS A CRICKET SELECTION - 2 (2009), FFA - Sports Record

I know, I know, but it is one heck of an off beat sports record I stumbled upon and statistically probably unbeatable. But still its cricket even if they did have one early roid freak of an english gentleman with a cyborg targeting eye. It was so offbeat that I jumped and selected it.

 

[Tirnan]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

 

[El Floppo]

 

[El Floppo]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

was this really undrafted? (still prefer my last pick, but )

 

[ScottNorwood]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

was this really undrafted? (still prefer my last pick, but )

Unwatchable. This one may have been great at the time, but it doesn't hold up.

 

[Abrantes]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

was this really undrafted? (still prefer my last pick, but )

 

[krista4]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

was this really undrafted? (still prefer my last pick, but )

Taken a while ago.

 

[El Floppo]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

was this really undrafted? (still prefer my last pick, but )

Taken a while ago.

lol.... I was trying to think of something snarky to say, but last night's battle royale with yer pahdner wore me out. ####. ##########... yep- bushed.

 

[timschochet]

Gone With The Wind is hardly unwatchable. But it was taken by Doug B much earlier.

 

[Tirnan]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

was this really undrafted? (still prefer my last pick, but )

It doesn't resonate the same now with all the great films out there, but in 1939 this was a monster box office hit. It has sold more tickets in the U.S. than any other film in history, and is considered a prototype of a Hollywood blockbuster. Today, it is considered one of the greatest and most popular films of all time and one of the most enduring symbols of the golden age of Hollywood. When adjusted for inflation, Gone with the Wind is the highest-ticket selling film of all time in North America.

Won 8 Academy Awards and was nominated in an additional 5 categories.

 

[rodg12]

26.02 MOVIE Gone With The Wind (1939) Director Victor Fleming

Did I miss something, this gem is still on the board? This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This film shows the best of the American cinema. Whether we like the film, or not, one has to recognize the greatest achievement, perhaps, of the creative talent of the people working in the movie industry. "Gone with the Wind" represents a monumental leap, as well as a departure, for the movies, as they were done prior to this film.

The vision of David O. Selznick, the power behind bringing Margaret Mitchell's massive account about the South, before and after the Civil War, pays handsomely with the film that Victor Fleming directed. This movie will live forever because it reminds us of how this great nation came into being, despite the different opinions from the two stubborn factions in the war.

"Gone with the Wind" brought together the best people in Hollywood. The end result is the stunning film that for about four hours keep us interested in the story unfolding in the screen. Of course, credit must be due to the director, Victor Fleming, and his vision, as well as the adaptation by Sydney Howard, who gave the right tone to the film. The gorgeous cinematography created by Ernest Haller gives us a vision of the gentle South before the war, and the Phoenix raising from the ashes of a burned Atlanta. The music of Max Steiner puts the right touch behind all that is seen in the movie.

Didn't Doug B take this?

Round 19.

 

[Tirnan]

Gone With The Wind is hardly unwatchable. But it was taken by Doug B much earlier.

Ahh ok, I missed it in my prep, will go back to review the drafts and reselect.Thanks Tim.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Gone With The Wind is hardly unwatchable. But it was taken by Doug B much earlier.

Picks like GWTW and I Love Lucy seem to be high on googled top 10 and top 100 lists. But do people actually still enjoy these works? To me, a great work should be timeless. These both seem severely dated IMO.

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm going to reuse a pick from a previous draft.

I select a song that I consider to be just perfect in every way. I can't link from work, so can somebody please help a drafter out.

26.09 - Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Song

I've been whistling Bobby Timmon's awesome licks since first seeing this post.Thank you!

There's a great version of this somewhere out there from the 80's.

AB & TJM - line-up with Wynton Marsalis

Sped up and kick-###.

Will have to see if I can find it . . .

eta -> also a great version of Ray Charles doin' it on the Hammond. Awesome.

Found it: Moanin' w/Wynton Marsalis.

Very nice.

 

[Fennis]

1/2 of Team Fennis votes in favor.

I'll count you in this one for now, although there is still an open vote that bans your team from my polls. Untill that poll is closed, I will allow team fennista continue to be counted in new polls.18 1/2 more votes needed.

I like the name Fennista. Sounds like a Latin American guerrilla group.

Isn't that what they call the girls who make overpriced coffee type drinks?

 

[timschochet]

Gone With The Wind is hardly unwatchable. But it was taken by Doug B much earlier.

Picks like GWTW and I Love Lucy seem to be high on googled top 10 and top 100 lists. But do people actually still enjoy these works? To me, a great work should be timeless. These both seem severely dated IMO.

To me, both ARE timeless, for different reasons.GWTW is a love story between two strong willed people, and their inability to get along with each other due to their strengths. I Love Lucy is classic vaudeville style comedy and I still find it funny.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Gone With The Wind is hardly unwatchable. But it was taken by Doug B much earlier.

Picks like GWTW and I Love Lucy seem to be high on googled top 10 and top 100 lists. But do people actually still enjoy these works? To me, a great work should be timeless. These both seem severely dated IMO.

To me, both ARE timeless, for different reasons.GWTW is a love story between two strong willed people, and their inability to get along with each other due to their strengths. I Love Lucy is classic vaudeville style comedy and I still find it funny.

Clearly we have a difference of opinion which is fine. For me GWTW's pacing is brutal, and I Love Lucy has annoying unfunny characters.

 

[rodg12]

Gone With The Wind is hardly unwatchable. But it was taken by Doug B much earlier.

Picks like GWTW and I Love Lucy seem to be high on googled top 10 and top 100 lists. But do people actually still enjoy these works? To me, a great work should be timeless. These both seem severely dated IMO.

To me, both ARE timeless, for different reasons.GWTW is a love story between two strong willed people, and their inability to get along with each other due to their strengths. I Love Lucy is classic vaudeville style comedy and I still find it funny.

Clearly we have a difference of opinion which is fine. For me GWTW's pacing is brutal, and I Love Lucy has annoying unfunny characters.

But you like The Honeymooners??????I find I Love Lucy to be much, much better than The Honeymooners.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Gone With The Wind is hardly unwatchable. But it was taken by Doug B much earlier.

Picks like GWTW and I Love Lucy seem to be high on googled top 10 and top 100 lists. But do people actually still enjoy these works? To me, a great work should be timeless. These both seem severely dated IMO.

To me, both ARE timeless, for different reasons.GWTW is a love story between two strong willed people, and their inability to get along with each other due to their strengths. I Love Lucy is classic vaudeville style comedy and I still find it funny.

Clearly we have a difference of opinion which is fine. For me GWTW's pacing is brutal, and I Love Lucy has annoying unfunny characters.

But you like The Honeymooners??????I find I Love Lucy to be much, much better than The Honeymooners.

Yes. I can still watch a Honeymooners episode and laugh. If I watch a Lucy episode I want to stab a fork into my ear.

 

[flysack]

Over 20 years ago in college, desperate for credits, I took a foreign films sampler class. They showed about a dozen of the foreign films considered among the best of all time. Sad to say I was just as much of a philistine then as I am now; most of them bored me. However, there were about 3-4 I remember really enjoying. One was 8 1/2, which really surprised me. Another was Seven Samurai, which was just sniped from me (albeit 13 rounds ago.) Here was a third:

25.04 The Bicycle Thief

Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette, also known as The Bicycle Thief) is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Luigi Bartolini and was adapted for the screen by Cesare Zavattini. It stars Lamberto Maggiorani as the father and Enzo Staiola as the son.

The film is frequently on critics' and directors' lists of the best films ever made. It was given an Academy Honorary Award in 1950, and, just four years after its release, was deemed the greatest film of all time by the magazine Sight & Sound's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1952. The film placed sixth as the greatest ever made in the latest directors poll, conducted in 2002.

In case anyone is interested, Netflix has this available for instant online viewing. I just watched it. Starts off slow, but ends very very strong.

Excellent film.

Also, yet another piece of culture this draft has lent me. Gracias!

 

[Tirnan]

DougB, my apologies on overlooking your pick. Rest assured I think it is a great one. I may not throw down with popcorn and watch it regularly, but to me it is a timeless story of historical significance. It relates to our country and its coming of age struggles. It is a love story, a war story, a tale of the South before and after the Civil War, and a look into a period of history (and the destruction of an American subculture). It is timeless, but enough of pumping DougB's pick.

Instead I select

26.02 INVENTION 1971 The heart of the computer - the microprocessor by Ted Hoff in 1968

When it first started in the mid-sixties, Intel produced electronic memory components. Ted Hoff was employee number 12 at the company assigned to work with minicomputers and in June, 1968, he was asked to liaison with a group of Japanese engineers from a company called Busicom. They'd approached Intel with a design for a small calculator--a design which called for 12 different semiconductor-based custom chips to handle various of its functions. Hoff says he looked at the design and struggled with it for a while, but eventually decided there had to be a better way.

He felt that programming through read-only memory and general-purpose registers could replace the separate (i.e., discrete) components the Busicom engineers had requested. When he presented his idea to Intel's then chairman, Robert Noyce, the boss was enthusiastic. But when the design was presented to Busicom's engineers, it almost died right there. They didn't want to change their design, but we were able to convince them to allow us to make a pitch directly to the owners of the company. We held an off-site meeting in October. Their engineers made their pitch and we made ours. Busicom's management bought ours.

It took another nine months before a team of Intel engineers, led by Frederico Faggin, could turn Hoff's ideas into hardware. The original 4004 was a silicon-based chip measuring 1/8th of an inch long by 1/16th of an inch wide, containing either 2,108 or 2,300 transistors (it depends on who you ask--Hoff's count is 2,108 but, he says, Faggin included 192 "virtual transistors" in his count). It had about the same amount of computing power as the original ENIAC which weighed 30 tons, occupied 3,000 cubic feet of space and used 18,000 vacuum tubes.

It didn't take Intel long to discover it had something here. The only problem was that the company didn't have it. The 4004 belonged to Busicom (which was also sometimes known as Nippon Calculator). Noyce and his crew flew to Japan and bought back the rights for $60,000. A short time later, Busicom went bankrupt.

"The first microprocessors were industrial controllers," says Hoff. No one really thought of using them in computers. Instead, they wound up as embedded controllers in things like automated gas pumps, traffic controllers and manufacturing pressure and flow meters." In the 1970s refinements in integrated circuit technology led to the development of the modern microprocessor, integrated circuits that contained thousands of transistors. Modern microprocessors contain millions.

Dr. Ted Hoff doesn't work for Intel any more. After a brief stint at Atari, he's become chief technical officer and a consultant for a small California firm called Teklicon, specializing in patent research. He says he couldn't have anticipated what his microprocessor would become and there have been surprises--such as the amount of progress in miniaturization that has occurred (the first 4004 used gateways 10 microns wide compared to today's .35 microns). But he's even more delighted over the social impact microcomputers have had and continue to have.

This one should still be available I think./edit to add the round number to the selection.

 

[rodg12]

But you like The Honeymooners??????I find I Love Lucy to be much, much better than The Honeymooners.

Yes. I can still watch a Honeymooners episode and laugh. If I watch a Lucy episode I want to stab a fork into my ear.

Like you said, difference of opinion I guess.

 

[Postradamus]

who's up? i got an amazing pick to make. who am I kidding? I always have an amazing pick to make.

for your amusement.

 

[rodg12]

Skipped

23.05 - Doug B (requested skip)

24.16 - Doug B (autoskip tonight)

25.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

25.08 - Tides of War (autoskip today)

26.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

26.11 - Thatguy (timed out)

26.13 - Tides of War (autoskip today)

26.14 - BobbyLayne/Flysack - UP

26.15 - Abrantes

26.16 - Doug B (autoskip today)

26.17 - Timscochet

26.18 - Postradamus (autoskip if not here in first 15)

26.19 - Rodg

26.20 - Krista

 

[Postradamus]

oh waiting on flysack again. probably eating hotdogs and sneering at timschochet's literary preferences somewhere...like always.

 

[flysack]

oh waiting on flysack again. probably eating hotdogs and sneering at timschochet's literary preferences somewhere...like always.

I was waiting to see if BobbyLayne would show, but I'll go ahead and snag this gem -

With pick 26.14, Team BobbyLayne™ selects -

The Kaaba (or The Black Stone of Mecca) - Structure

Question: How many other buildings do hundreds of millions of people bow to every day?

Answer: None.

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The Kaaba (Arabic: الكعبة al-Kaʿbah; [ˈkɑʕbɑ] or [ˈkæʕbæ]; "Cube")[1] is a cuboidal building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam. The building predates Islam, and, according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by Abraham. The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.

One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every capable Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk several times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction. This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage). However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when two million pilgrims simultaneously gather to circle the building on the same day.

The Kaaba is a large masonry structure roughly the shape of a cube. It is made of granite from the hills near Mecca, and stands upon a 25 cm (10 in) marble base, which projects outwards about 35 cm (1 ft). It is approximately 13.10 m (42.98 ft) high, with sides measuring 11.03 m (36.19 ft) by 12.86 m (42.19 ft). The four corners of the Kaaba roughly face the four cardinal directions of the compass. In the eastern corner of the Kaaba is the Ruknu l-Aswad "Black Stone" or al-Ħajaru l-Aswad, possibly a meteorite remnant; at the northern corner is the Ruknu l-ˤĪrāqī "The Iraqi corner". The western corner is the Ruknu sh-Shāmī "the Levantine corner" and the southern is Ruknu l-Yamanī "the Yemeni corner".

History

As little is known of the history of the Kaaba, there are various opinions regarding its formation and significance.

The early Arabian population consisted primarily of warring nomadic tribes. When they did converge peacefully, it was usually under the protection of religious practices. Writing in the Encyclopedia of Islam, Wensinck identifies Mecca with a place called Macoraba mentioned by Ptolemy. His text is believed to date from the second century AD, before the rise of Islam, and described it as a foundation in southern Arabia, built around a sanctuary. The area probably did not start becoming an area of religious pilgrimage until around the year AD 500. It was around then that the Quraysh tribe (into which Muhammad was later born) took control of it, and made an agreement with the local Kinana Bedouins for control. The sanctuary itself, located in a barren valley surrounded by mountains, was probably built at the location of the water source today known as the Zamzam Well, an area of considerable religious significance.

Eiichi contends that there were multiple such "Kaaba" sanctuaries in Arabia at one time, but this is the only one built of stone. The others also allegedly had counterparts to the Black Stone. There was a "red stone", the deity of the south Arabian city of Ghaiman, and the "white stone" in the Kaaba of al-Abalat (near the city of Tabala, south of Mecca). Grunebaum in Classical Islam points out that the experience of divinity of that time period was often associated with stone fetishes, mountains, special rock formations, or "trees of strange growth."

According to Karen Armstrong, in her book Islam: A Short History, the Kaaba was dedicated to Hubal, a Nabatean deity, and contained 360 idols which either represented the days of the year, or were effigies of the Arabian pantheon. Once a year, tribes from all around the Arabian peninsula, be they Christian or pagan, would converge on Mecca to perform the Hajj.

The building is opened twice a year for a ceremony known as "the cleaning of the Kaaba." This ceremony takes place roughly fifteen days before the start of the month of Ramadan and the same period of time before the start of the annual pilgrimage.

The keys to the Kaaba are held by the Banī Shaybat (بني شيبة) tribe. Members of the tribe greet visitors to the inside of the Kaaba on the occasion of the cleaning ceremony. A small number of dignitaries and foreign diplomats are invited to participate in the ceremony. The governor of Mecca leads the honored guests who ritually clean the structure, using simple brooms. Washing of the Kaaba is done with a mixture of Zamzam and Persian rosewater.

It may not be the most architecturally brilliant structure, but in terms of lasting importance and relevance, I can't think of a single other building that trumps it.

 

[thatguy]

Give me an effin break. Jesus people, relax.

Not so much. My girlfriend flew in today, so I'll probably only be checking in a couple of times a day for the next week. I still think people need to relax.

 

[Abrantes]

26.15 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago (Nonfiction)

The power of Solzhenitsyn's account comes from revelation, not innovation. A world that had been heard about in fleeting glimpses, pieced together in one work in phenomenal physical and emotional detail. More vivid descriptions than you could possibly want - which makes it an even more fascinating read. Glad this is still here, 'cause my Nonfiction category is barren at the moment.

The Gulag Archipelago (Russian: Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, Arkhipelag GULAG) is a book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn based on the Soviet forced labor and concentration camp system. The three-volume book is a massive narrative relying on eyewitness testimony and primary research material, as well as the author's own experiences as a prisoner in a Gulag labor camp. Written between 1958 and 1968 (dates given at the end of the book), it was published in the West in 1973, thereafter circulating in samizdat (underground publication) form in the Soviet Union until its official publication in 1989.

"GULag" is an acronym for the Russian term "Gulág", Glavnoye Upravleniye ispravitelno-trudovyh Lagerey, Russian for "Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Camps" (Главное Управление Исправительно Трудовых Лагерей), the bureaucratic name of the Soviet concentration camp main governing board, and by metonymy, the camp system itself. The original Russian title of the book is "Arkhipelag GULag", the rhyme supporting the underlying metaphor deployed throughout the work. The word archipelago compares the system of labor camps spread across the Soviet Union with a vast "chain of islands", known only to those who were fated to visit them.